after weeks of research and collecting the necesary hardware using the cheapest possible method ($9 for an internal usb hub/card reader with included 2.5" hard drive enclosure, $11 for an 8gb SDHC card for the wifes camera allowing me to swipe the sandisk 2gb and taking the 2.5" HDD from my old laptop that has a busted screen) i will hopefully get my homebrew done tonight.

Well, it kind of uses the same idea. Except that because they work your MAC address into the equation, a message designated for your console can be faked out. I'm guessing that you probably wouldnt want to us nintendo mail servers to send exploits, they could likely detect/stop that pretty quickly. If they wanted to.

Because the hack/letter bomb depends on your Wii's MAC address, and obviously no two are the same in that regard. If the folks can figure out how to refine it further, I'm sure the community will hear about it.